The Blue Buck is a legendary beast known to grant those that see him good fortune and safe travels! A deep amber coloured beer, the Blue Buck has a crisp finish featuring a delicate hop aroma. Certainly seeing the Blue Buck on bottle grants the drinker a great experience! Worth searching for.

341ml bottle, from slim pickings at a Kamloops cold beer and wine store on the way to some rustic rural BC summertime adventurin'.

This beer pours a clear, slightly glassy medium golden amber hue, with one hefty finger of frothy, foamy off-white head, which renders some nicely splattered, broken webbed lace around the glass as it lazily melts away.

It smells of sweet caramel, biscuity malt, a bit of fondant, some mild citrus rind, and herbal, grassy, and faintly piney hops. The taste is light bready, grainy malt, a touch of toffee sweetness, some middling citrus notes, and soft earthy, leafy hops.

The carbonation is on the light side, the body a somewhat shallow medium weight, and decently smooth. It finishes off-dry, the malt swaying in a demure hoppy breeze.

The marketing shtick professes this as Phillips' 'Session Ale', and I pretty much have to agree. This sixer was a nice accompaniment to a night of campfire and food cooked on a stick, but could be equally enjoyed in more urban variations on the theme.

Aroma has a very English-y malt slant, some biscuit/bread, with the hops having a polite fruity character.

Flavor? See Smell. Pretty much as-advertised-to-the-nose flavor, with malt-forward breadiness and fruity hops in the background. Lightly buttery and a little toffee too, but generally simple and solid--no more, no less.

Carbonated. Not overly so, but there's not much more to report. Just a tingly dance on the tongue with a light to medium body.

Very much an easy drinker, but hardly outstanding. They claim it's their "session ale" on the label, and if that's what they were going for, they're were successful enough.

A - clear bubbly light copper, short white head didn't last longS - very bready malt with some toasty hints, some earthy peat hops, light pepperinessT - toasty bread malts are balanced nicely by earthy leafy hop flavours, with some light citrus and pepper notesM - a little more carbonated that I like in an ale, but otherwise smooth fullness with a little bitterD - besides the carbonation, i find this to have a good flavour balance and a somewhat refreshing easy drinking quality, a worthy beer

I love this stuff! I live in Seattle and have had it when I've gone to Victoria. Bard and Banker and Irish Times pubs both serve it on tap.

I really like the flavor of malt and to me Blue Buck presents it as well as, or better than, any beer I've tasted. The hop level is just right too to balance it out. The level of carbonation is correct--not too gassy. And the color is right on for an English style pale ale.

From my recent visit to Victoria I brought home a 6-pack of bottles. The beer is almost just as good in the bottle as it was on tap and the cardboard box type container is a great way to package beer.